Primary Details
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Indirect Tax Associate
Leeds or London (1–2 days in office)
Permanent (Hybrid – flexible working options available, including condensed hours)
Opportunity
We’re excited to be growing our Tax team and are looking for an Indirect Tax Associate to join us in a newly created role. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an expanding team where you can make a real impact from day one.
You’ll support the day-to-day management of indirect tax across multiple countries, working closely with colleagues across Finance and Tax, both in the UK and globally.
If you’re currently building your career in indirect tax and looking for a role where you can develop, take ownership, and contribute to continuous improvement, this could be the perfect next step.
Your New Role
You’ll report to the Indirect Tax Manager and play a key role in supporting indirect tax activities across the business, ensuring compliance while helping to improve processes and ways of working.
You’ll be:
* Acting as a second-line reviewer for indirect tax returns (VAT and IPT) and supporting calculations across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with local regulations.
* Working closely with Finance teams, International Tax colleagues, and external advisors to support efficient and consistent tax processes.
* Supporting interactions with tax authorities, including responding to audits, queries, and data requests in a timely and professional manner.
* Reviewing and analysing data to identify trends and opportunities for process improvement.
* Supporting ongoing process enhancements and initiatives to simplify and streamline indirect tax activities.
* Providing input on business transactions to highlight tax implications and reduce risk.
* Supporting the identification and communication of tax risks to relevant stakeholders.
* Contributing to team priorities and helping manage workload delivery.
* Keeping up to date with indirect tax developments and sharing knowledge within the team.
About You
You’ll enjoy working with data, solving problems and collaborating with others to find practical solutions. You’ll be comfortable explaining tax concepts in a clear and simple way to non-tax colleagues.
You’ll bring attention to detail, organisation skills, and a proactive approach to learning and development.
Qualifications
* Experience working in UK Indirect Tax within an insurance or financial services environment.
* Part-qualified or qualified in tax or accounting, such as ATT, CTA, ACA or ACCA (support for further study available).
* Experience in working in a large organisation, professional services firm, or financial services environment.
* Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain complex tax concepts in a straightforward way.
* Comfortable working with data and using Excel to support analysis.
* Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.
* Interest in continuous improvement and process efficiency.
* Exposure to international indirect tax matters (desirable).
* Familiarity with tax or finance systems.
Benefits
* 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
* Flexible working – balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
* Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
* Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
* Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
* Short term remote work abroad – you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
* Sustainable investing – we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
* Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.
Equal Employment Opportunity
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
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